The Twelfth Wedding Anniversary by Maeve Brennan, 1966 Continue reading
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‘Weekend’ by Amy Hempel
Weekend by Amy Hempel, 1997 Continue reading
‘Tonight Is A Favor To Holly’ by Amy Hempel
Tonight Is A Favor To Holly by Amy Hempel, 1985 Continue reading
‘The Children’s Party’ by Amy Hempel
The Children’s Party by Amy Hempel, 1997 Continue reading
‘When It’s Human Instead Of When It’s Dog’ by Amy Hempel
When It’s Human Instead Of When It’s Dog by Amy Hempel, 1985 Continue reading
‘In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried’ by Amy Hempel
In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried by Amy Hempel, 1983 Continue reading
‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver
Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver, 1978 Continue reading
‘A Matter Of Time’ by Frank London Brown
A Matter Of Time by Frank London Brown, 1962 Continue reading
‘The Worm In The Apple’ by John Cheever
The Worm In The Apple by John Cheever, 1958 Continue reading
March 2019 favorites
The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Doll Queen’ by Carlos Fuentes
- ‘Mystery In São Cristóvão’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Decapitated Chicken’ by Horacio Quiroga
- ‘Sansini’ by Roberto Bolaño
- ‘The Fifth Story’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Balcony’ by Filisberto Hernández
- ‘The Photograph’ by Enrique Amorim
- ‘The Crime Of The Mathematics Professor’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Peace On High’ by Rómulo Gallegos
- ‘The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘A Sincere Friendship’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘The Book Of Sand’ by Jorge Luis Borges
- ‘The Buffalo’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Who, Me A Bum?’ by Luisa Valenzuela
- ‘The Threshold’ by Cristina Peri Rossi
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